Family name Bulava (Bulava 
) , across the world, is a rare cognomen. The family name Bulava is characteristic of Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname, Slovakia, and Croatia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Czechia, Slovakia, and the United States. Much less frequently, Bulava is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Bulava | Slovakia, Czechia, United States, India, Latvia |
| josef bulava (b. 1907) |
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| alan bulava researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-1742-207X |
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| alan bulava CZ (b. 1974) |
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| petr bulava CZ (b. 1980) |
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